She explained that she took her 14-year-old daughter with her to the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office late last month to prove she had the proper license. Upon her arrival, she said she was promptly taken into custody.

Local authorities, however, said they provided Rehr with ample opportunity to abide by the law. Local animal control director Steve Lawrence explained that his office notified her multiple times – via phone, mail, and in person – before resorting to securing a warrant for her arrest.

“We prefer not for this stuff to go to court,” he acknowledged. “It’s just a $10 license.”

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Rehr explained her negligence by noting that she has been busy but intended to file the required paperwork.

“But with the end of the school year and my job,” she said, “it just totally got put on the backburner.”

Reader reaction to a WWJ report revealed the majority opinion that arresting Rehr was an example of law enforcement gone overboard. The reasons for this stance, however, varied.

Some felt this incident illustrated any number of the Obama administration’s ostensible deficiencies.